Thursday, August 4th, 2011
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
- The NYPD cop who ordered whistle-blower Adrian Schoolcraft admitted to a mental facility has been disciplined (lightly) for possession of steroids.
- Ben Stein valiantly sticks up for the rights of rich, white, powerful, diplomat, economists accused of rape. He isn’t necessarily wrong on some points (though he is wrong on others). It’s the selective outrage. If you read/watched/listened to some on the right, you’d think the only victims of the criminal justice system are French diplomats and wealthy white lacrosse players.
- Mississippi man gets 10 years in prison for twice attempting to vote in a municipal election four years after a nonviolent felony conviction. I only know what’s in the article, but does it seem odd to anyone else that the guy would plead guilty and still get the maximum sentence?
- Not sure about the source here, but a local talk show host says an Indiana sheriff is contemplating random, warrantless searches of homes after the Barnes decision. Bad as that decision was, it certainly didn’t authorize this. And if the sheriff carries out his promise, he ought to be arrested and charged with violating the civil rights of the people he searches.
- Speaking of which, more good reactions to the Barnes decision from Scott Greenfield and Popehat.
- Long and sad story in the Washington Post about a Fairfax County, Virginia, teacher wrongly accused, arrested, and tried for sexually molesting a 12-year-old girl. The jury took 47 minutes to acquit. The story shows how an acquittal doesn’t mean “the system worked”.
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
- ACLU alleges mass civil rights abuses in Puerto Rico.
- More fun in Maricopa County: Woman suing for $2.5 million after being exonerated of daycare murder. Our old friend Andrew Thomas pushed for a conviction and death sentence despite a lack of medical evidence. The grand jury twice refused to indict. Which means his case had to be really damned weak. Thomas is still facing an ethics complaint that could strip him of his Arizona law license.
- Let’s ride motorcycles.
- This is a really interesting project. The idea is to see what specific sexual content causes the MPAA to issue an R or NC-17 rating.
- Witnesses say a Houston cop—and police union office holder—tossed a tear gas canister into a tent full of people attending a barbecue cook-off because someone in the tent was critical of the military. He has been suspended—with pay, of course—pending an investigation.
- ….but it’s pronounced “steeeeen”.
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Sunday, March 6th, 2011
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
- Michigan man and his two sons charged with animal cruelty for allowing their dog to catch and kill a raccoon that had damaged their garage.
- I linked to this in the post below, but it’s worth its own link: New doubts about four women convicted in a 1994 ritual sex abuse case. This one has all the signs of a panic — homophobia, leading questioning of children, overlooking exculpatory evidence, and allegations of satanism.
- Montana legislature holds hearings on a bill to protect jury nullification.
- ACLU report questions the effectiveness, expense of Chicago’s massive surveillance camera system.
- Another isolated incident. I seem to have missed this one, which happened last fall.
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
- Airline pilot stands up to TSA.
- Your right to photograph federal buildings is vindicated. Something tells me that federal agents who infringe on that right going forward still won’t be punished.
- More on D.C.’s recession boom. There’s something a little twisted about the seat of government thriving while the rest of the country suffers.
- Couple raided after neighbor users their WiFi to send child porn.
- LAPD cover-up may have kept innocent man in prison for 26 years.
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Friday, October 15th, 2010
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